Demos Continue in Kashmir against Quran Desecration
In occupied Kashmir, people staged forceful demonstrations in Srinagar and other areas, today, against the recent desecration of holy Quran and killing of protesters by Indian troops in Gool area of Ramban.
Despite heavy deployment of Indian troops and police personnel, people took to the streets in Srinagar, Badgam, Ganderbal, Bandipora, Sopore, Baramulla, Kupwara, Handwara, Pampore, Tral, Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam, Islamabad, Pahalgam, Gool, Ramban and other areas and staged massive demonstrations. They raised high-pitched anti-India and pro-liberation slogans. At many places clashes were witnessed between police personnel and the demonstrators that resulted in the injuring of several people.
The authorities imposed undeclared curfew and restrictions in Palapora area of Srinagar, today, after the news spread about the death of a youth who was injured due to use of force by troops on protesters on Friday.
Complete shutdown continued for the third consecutive day, today, against the Ramban massacre. The authorities kept Hurriyet leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Gilani, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Masroor Abbas, Mukhtar Ahmed Waza and Zafar Akbar Butt, under house arrest while Muhammad Yasin Malik and Javed Ahmed Mir in police station. Shabbir Ahmed Shah was shifted from Kothi Bagh Police station to his residence and put under house detention.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement in Srinagar urged the world community to take cognizance of deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Kashmir. Syed Ali Gilani and Muhammad Yasin Malik in their statements strongly denounced the use of force against demonstrators and arrest of innocent youth. Syed Ali Gilani also urged the Kashmiri people to observe tomorrow as the Day of Sanctity of Quran.
In New Delhi, a large number of students and civil society activists staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the Ramban incident. The Amnesty International India chapter in a statement urged the puppet authorities in occupied Kashmir to conduct a full, impartial and effective investigation into all instances of use of force by Indian troops and police that had resulted in killing or injuring of protesters in the territory. It also said that the troops and police personnel involved in the killings must be prosecuted in a competent, independent and impartial civilian court.
The Chairman of International Chamber for Peace and Conciliation, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl, in a statement in London condemned the latest spate of Indian state terrorism in occupied Kashmir.
Source: Online News
The authorities imposed undeclared curfew and restrictions in Palapora area of Srinagar, today, after the news spread about the death of a youth who was injured due to use of force by troops on protesters on Friday.
Complete shutdown continued for the third consecutive day, today, against the Ramban massacre. The authorities kept Hurriyet leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Gilani, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Masroor Abbas, Mukhtar Ahmed Waza and Zafar Akbar Butt, under house arrest while Muhammad Yasin Malik and Javed Ahmed Mir in police station. Shabbir Ahmed Shah was shifted from Kothi Bagh Police station to his residence and put under house detention.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement in Srinagar urged the world community to take cognizance of deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Kashmir. Syed Ali Gilani and Muhammad Yasin Malik in their statements strongly denounced the use of force against demonstrators and arrest of innocent youth. Syed Ali Gilani also urged the Kashmiri people to observe tomorrow as the Day of Sanctity of Quran.
In New Delhi, a large number of students and civil society activists staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the Ramban incident. The Amnesty International India chapter in a statement urged the puppet authorities in occupied Kashmir to conduct a full, impartial and effective investigation into all instances of use of force by Indian troops and police that had resulted in killing or injuring of protesters in the territory. It also said that the troops and police personnel involved in the killings must be prosecuted in a competent, independent and impartial civilian court.
The Chairman of International Chamber for Peace and Conciliation, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl, in a statement in London condemned the latest spate of Indian state terrorism in occupied Kashmir.
Source: Online News
